Marco Sturm's return to the lineup was very short-lived as the winger left Wednesday's practice early.
Sturm, who missed Monday's loss to the Senators and Saturday's loss to the Kings with a leg injury, returned to the ice with the team on Wednesday morning. However, the B's leading goal scorer was excused from the workout and head coach Claude Julien said that the early departure wasn't planned.
The winger is now "questionable" for Thursday's match with the Blue Jackets at the TD Garden according to Julien.
Forwards Steve Begin and Byron Bitz were absent from Bruins practice Wednesday at Ristuccia Arena once again
Here's how things looked on the ice:
Forwards
Blake Wheeler–David Krejci–Miroslav Satan
Marco Sturm*–Patrice Bergeron–Mark Recchi
Daniel Paille–Trent Whitfield–Michael Ryder
Milan Lucic–Vladimir Sobotka–Shawn Thornton
Defensemen
Zdeno Chara–Dennis Wideman
Mark Stuart–Johnny Boychuck/Adam McQuaid
Matt Hunwick–Derek Morris
Goaltenders
Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask
*left practice early
